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Activist Vargas released after detainment

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:35 PM PDT

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California on July 11, 2011 in San Francisco, CaliforniaU.S. Border Patrol has released journalist and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas.


N.C. pastors rally for gay marriage ban

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:31 PM PDT

Pastor Patrick Wooden, front left, and Rev. Mark Creech, right, executive director of the Christian Action league of North Carolina, join other pastors from around the state at the Old Capitol in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, July 15, 2014 to call on Gov. Pat McCrory to defend traditional marriage in North Carolina before a Court of Appeals judge is set to rule on the issue. When McCrory, a Republican, ran for governor in 2012, he supported the state amendment that defined marriage as between a man and woman, but the socially moderate governor has said little on recent lawsuits challenging it. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)Pastors on Tuesday called on North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory to defend that state's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the face of lawsuits from same-sex couples in the state and around the country.


Henry Kissinger, 91, undergoes heart surgery in N.Y.

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 03:46 PM PDT

Former U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger gestures during a reception for his 90th birthday in BerlinFormer U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger underwent heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Tuesday and was resting comfortably, hospital officials said. Kissinger, 91, underwent an aortic valve replacement procedure, according to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The German-born Jewish refugee served as Secretary of State under Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, with a hand in the diplomatic opening of China, landmark U.S. ...


House passes $10.9B transportation funding extension

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 03:12 PM PDT

Night falls over U.S. Capitol Dome, as members of Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives deal with budget showdown with Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate, and possible government shutdown in WashingtonThe U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a $10.9 billion extension of U.S. transportation funding through May 2015, a measure aimed at averting cutbacks in August in federal money for road, bridge and transit projects. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that "as soon as I can get to it," the Senate would begin considering a similar, $10.8 billion measure with some alternate funding provisions in the coming days. Without new money for the Highway Trust Fund, the Department of Transportation has said it will start to cut back federal funding for projects by nearly a third starting on Aug. 1, the same day Congress begins a five-week summer recess. "If Congress fails to act, thousands of transportation projects across the country and hundreds of thousands of construction jobs will be at risk," said House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican.


California family rescued at sea sues phone company

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 02:34 PM PDT

Eric and Charlotte Kaufman and their two daughters, 3-year-old Cora and 1-year-old Lyra, disembark the USS Vandegrift in San DiegoA U.S. woman rescued with her family from a Pacific Ocean sailboat after her infant daughter became ill has filed suit against her satellite phone company for cutting off service, a move she said led the family to seek an emergency rescue and ultimately to scuttle their boat, her lawyers said on Tuesday. The complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court by Charlotte Kaufman on Monday alleges that Whenever Communications LLC deactivated the family's satellite phone's SIM card even though the family's $240 a month bill had been paid in full since August 2012.


Woman gets life for killings fueled by white-supremacist views

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2011 file photo, Holly Grigsby, left, looks at her boyfriend, David "Joey" Pedersen, during an appearance in Yuba County Superior Court in Marysville, Calif. On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, a federal judge in Portland, Ore. sentenced Grigsby to life in prison for her role in a Pacific Northwest killing spree that authorities say was part of a white supremacist scheme. Pedersen is scheduled to be sentenced in August 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Holly Grigsby apologized for her actions, but not her white supremacist views.


Court upholds Texas’ affirmative action plan

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT

University of Texas president Bill Powers gives the state of the university speech, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Austin. With rising tuition rates squeezing college students statewide, Powers says the state should do its part to ease their burden with more consistent funding for higher education. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)The University of Texas can continue using race in its undergraduate admissions, a court has ruled.


House moves to prevent Internet taxes

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:55 PM PDT

US Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., , gestures as he speaks during a gala prior start of the Virginia GOP Convention in Roanoke, Va., Friday, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)The House voted Tuesday to make permanent a moratorium that prevents state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet.


House GOP slashes IRS tax enforcement budget

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:50 AM PDT

IRS Tax Delinquents Get Big BonusesThe GOP-controlled House has slashed the budget for the Internal Revenue Service's tax enforcement division by $1.2 billion, a 25 percent cut that would mean fewer audits of taxpayers and make it more likely that people who cheat on their taxes will get away with it.


Californians use more water despite crippling drought

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 03:45 PM PDT

California Expected to Set Mandatory Water CurbsCalifornians increased water consumption this year during the severe drought, despite pleas from the governor to conserve, fallowed farm fields and reservoirs that are quickly draining, according to a report released Tuesday.


U.S. prepares unilateral sanctions on Russia

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:45 PM PDT

From Brazil to Russia: A look at 2018 World CupStrategy shift reflects U.S. frustration with Europe's reluctance to take tougher action.


Israel's Peres defends airstrikes

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 02:21 PM PDT

Israel's President Shimon Peres speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, at his residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Peres said the killing of civilians by Israeli air raids on Gaza presents a moral dilemma, but argues there is scant alternative as long as the Islamic militants who rule the coastal strip refuse to stop firing rockets at much of Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)Israeli President Shimon Peres said that the killing of Palestinian civilians by air raids on Gaza presents a moral dilemma, but argued there is scant alternative as long as the Islamic militants who rule the strip refuse to stop sustained rocket fire against Israel.


Pakistan military captures Taliban commander

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 12:26 PM PDT

FILE PAKISTAN TALIBAN COMMANDER ADNAN RASHID KILLEDThe Pakistani military has captured a Taliban commander who once tried to blow up former president Pervez Musharraf, security officials said on Tuesday. Adnan Rashid, who was captured on Friday in South Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, is the first well-known Taliban commander taken since the military launched an offensive in neighbouring North Waziristan last month. He was injured in a shootout during his capture in a house where he was living with his family in the Wana area of South Waziristan, the officials said. The Pakistan army has said it will drive Taliban insurgents from their key strongholds in the region and indicated on Tuesday that it would expand its offensive into the Bajaur tribal region, further north.


U.S. cancels trip to F-35 U.K. air show

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 12:40 PM PDT

F-35 fighter jetThe U.S. will not be sending F-35 fighter jets to the Farnborough air show as planned.


11 Ukrainians killed in airstrike

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:10 PM PDT

Igor Chernetsov, whose wife was killed in a building demolished by an airstrike, gestures near the collapsed structure in Snizhne, 100 kilometers east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. At least nine civilians were killed in the attack, rescue workers said, adding to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency. Government officials denied the Tuesday strike was carried out by Ukraine's air force. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)An eastern Ukraine airstrike crumpled an apartment building, killing at least 11.


Bill of Rights, Declaration to make first appearance in Britain

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:44 AM PDT

A period may have accidentally been added to the Declaration of IndependenceKing George III would probably not approve, but two documents that led to and reinforced America's split from Great Britain will make their public debut in London next year.


Germany considers manual typewriters to counter spying

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:20 AM PDT

The German government is looking at the use of manual typewriters for sensitive documents.

21 killed, 136 injured in Moscow rush-hour subway derailment

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:42 AM PDT

In this frame grab from video provided by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations, rescue teams work inside the tunnel in Moscow where a rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday, July 15, 2014, killing at least 20 people and sending 150 others to the hospital, many with serious injuries, Russian officials said. Officials vigorously dismissed terrorism as a possible cause. (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Situation Ministry)A subway train derailed Tuesday deep below Moscow's streets, twisting and mangling crowded rail cars at the height of the morning rush hour. At least 21 people were killed, Russian officials said, and 136 were hospitalized, many with serious injuries.


Convicted ex-New Orleans mayor Nagin files appeal

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2014 file photo, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin leaves federal court with his wife, Seletha Nagin, after being sentenced in New Orleans. Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that spanned his two terms as mayor, including the chaotic years after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin filed a formal notice of appeal Tuesday in the corruption case that resulted in a guilty verdict on 20 criminal counts and a prison sentence of 10 years.


Iraqi parliament breaks deadlock to name moderate Sunni speaker

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 27, 2010 file photo, Sunni lawmaker Salim al-Jubouri speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi lawmakers broke their deadlock Tuesday and elected Sunni lawmaker Salim al-Jubouri as the new speaker of parliament, taking the first formal step toward forming a new government that is widely seen as crucial to confronting militants who have overrun much of the country. According to the constitution, parliament now has 30 days to elect a president, who will then have 15 days to ask the leader of the largest bloc in the legislature to form a government. Then a prime minister will be picked. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)Iraqi lawmakers broke two weeks of deadlock Tuesday and elected a moderate Sunni as speaker of parliament, taking the first step toward forming a new government that is widely seen as crucial to confronting militants who have overrun much of the country.


Egyptian cease-fire plan unravels after new fighting

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:47 AM PDT

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead, and both sides said they were seriously considering the proposal. The late-night offer by Egypt marked the first sign of a breakthrough in international efforts to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)The truce proposal unraveled after the Islamic militant Hamas rejected the plan.


Minn. priest sex abuse cover-up runs deep, says ex-lawyer

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:11 PM PDT

In this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, Jennifer Haselberger listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in St. Paul, Minn. Haselberger, the whistleblower who took on the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis about allegations of clergy sexual misconduct, said in an affidavit released Tuesday, July 15, 2014, that archbishops and staff ignored the 2002 pledge by Roman Catholic bishops to keep abusive clergy out of parishes. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)A canon lawyer alleging a widespread cover-up of clergy sex misconduct in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has made her most detailed claims yet, accusing archbishops and their top staff of lying to the public and of ignoring the U.S. bishops' pledge to have no tolerance of priests who abuse.


US Senate wants to double funds for Israel's Iron Dome

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:23 AM PDT

Israel's Iron Dome missile interceptor systemWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Congress is showing tangible support for longtime ally Israel as Gaza militants fire rockets, backing a measure that would double the amount of money for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.


Backpack, laptop removal OK for evidence

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:03 AM PDT

This undated law enforcement agency photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office and presented as government evidence Friday, July 11, 2014, during the trial of Azamat Tazhayakov in U.S. District Court in Boston, shows items that had been retrieved from a landfill in New Bedford, Mass. during the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing. Tazhayakov, a friend of bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev, is on trial on obstruction of justice charges, accused with another friend of removing items from Tsarnaev's dorm room. He is not charged with participating in the bombing or knowing about it in advance. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office)Judge: Statement to FBI by friend of accused Boston bombing suspect was voluntary.


First Israeli killed by Gaza fire

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:01 AM PDT

Palestinian Suma Abu Mahsen, 7, stands by a damaged wall of a house following an overnight Israeli missile strike to a nearby transition center for newly released convicts, that was not yet operational, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An Egyptian truce proposal for the conflict in Gaza quickly unraveled Tuesday, after the Islamic militant group Hamas rejected the plan. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Police: A man in his 30s has been killed in the first Israeli death in more than a week of fighting.


Netanyahu: Israel will hit Hamas hard

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:19 AM PDT

Israeli army flares fall on a Palestinian enclave in Gaza, July 15, 2014Israel's leader says "great force" will be used against Hamas after their truce rejection.


Rescuers fight to help crash victims in Moscow's deepest metro

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:16 AM PDT

In a small park near Moscow's Victory Park metro station, five medics huddled around a man stretched out on the grass. Twenty people died and over 100 were injured in the metro derailment in a tunnel more than 80 metres underground, the deadliest accident in the transport system's history, which transformed the normally placid, affluent Victory Park neighbourhood into a disaster scene. Emergency workers were battling to free trapped bodies from the crumpled wreckage of the front carriage in a tunnel leading from Victory Park station, the city's deepest. - Day of mourning in Moscow -

US immigration activist detained in Texas

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:22 PM PDT

File - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on comprehensive immigration reform. Vargas has been detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents at a South Texas airport. Border Patrol spokesman Omar Zamora says Vargas was in custody Tuesday morning, July 15, 2014, but he had no other details. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Jose Antonio Vargas stopped at airport security checkpoint, rights group he co-founded said.


Bribe investigation nets 2 ex-Utah attorneys general

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:03 AM PDT

File - In this Nov. 21, 2013, file photo, Utah Attorney General John Swallow speaks during a news conference announcing that he is stepping down amid multiple investigations of bribery and misconduct, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Newly unsealed documents show an embattled businessman lent his Ferrari, luxury house boat and jet to two former Utah attorneys general. Search warrants on the Sandy homes of John Swallow and his predecessor Mark Shurtleff emerged Monday. Both former officials maintain innocence; neither has been charged. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say two former Utah attorneys general have been arrested as part of a bribery investigation.


In fight against 'dark money,' IRS throws in the towel

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 02:00 AM PDT

JUDGE WANTS IRS MYSTERY SOLVEDCuts, congressional investigations keep agency from investigating political nonprofits.


Can US superjet stay aloft long enough to make UK airshow?

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:38 AM PDT

File photo of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flying over Patuxent River Naval Air Systems Command in MarylandWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy and Air Force have approved a limited return to flight for their new-generation F-35 fighter jet, keeping alive the possibility that it could make an appearance at the Farnborough International Airshow in England this week.


Obama to showcase 'talking cars'

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 12:46 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks about the economy, in AustinIn Virginia to deliver 'positive' economic news, president set to spotlight smarter autos.


GOP says no appeal of Florida map ruling

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:17 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2013 file photo shows Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Jolly, right, speaking in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. The special election in this stretch of coastal beach towns and retirement communities was expected to be a referendum on President Barack Obama's health care law. Instead, in the waning days of the spirited campaign to replace the late Rep. Bill Young, another issue has roared to the forefront. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)Congressional district setup found unconstitutional; party says will regroup after 2014 elections.


Good with garlic? 2-pound African stucco-eating snails seized at LAX

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:01 AM PDT

Handout photo of Giant African Snails confiscated at Los Angeles International AirportBy Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of several dozen live giant African snails, considered a delicacy in Nigeria but also voracious pests that can eat paint and stucco off houses, officials said on Monday. The mollusks appeared to be packaged as a personal shipment and were marked as destined for an address in San Dimas, California, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Los Angeles, agency spokeswoman Lee Harty said. According to Customs and Border Protection, the giant snails can consume more than 500 types of plants, and will even munch on the exterior of homes if fruits and vegetables are not available. Experts identified the creatures as belonging to the giant African snail species, known by the scientific name Archachatina marginata.


Teen pilot earns worldwide attention

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 12:26 PM PDT

Young American pilot Matt Guthmiller, from Aberdeen, S.D. flashes a thumbs-up sign from his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 plane after landing at the Manila International Airport Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Guthmiller, 17, is attempting to be the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. He has eight more legs to complete his feat with Darwin, Australia as his next stop. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Matt Guthmiller's 29,000-mile journey may be a solo flight record.


Good with garlic? Massive stucco-eating African snails seized at LAX

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 11:02 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing one of the snails from an air cargo shipment of 67 live snails that arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on July 1, 2014. Officials said that the 35 pounds of snails arrived from Nigeria along with paperwork stating they were for human consumption. Officials say the snails were intercepted and were subsequently identified after a sample was sent to U.S. Department of Agriculture specialists in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/USDA, Greg Bartman)LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors seized a live shipment of 67 giant African snails at Los Angeles International Airport this month.


S. Korean military: 'SpongeBob' drawing sparked rampage

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:53 AM PDT

A wounded South Korean soldier who killed five comrades in a shooting incident on a stretcher is carried from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, June 23, 2014. The South Korean army captured the soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days before shooting himself as pursuers closed in. The massive manhunt ended when the 22-year-old sergeant, surnamed Yim, shot himself in the upper left chest as his father and brother approached, pleading with him to surrender, a Defense Ministry official said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Sang-hack) KOREA OUTThe alleged shooter was reportedly depicted as cartoon character.


Photos: 2 Cambodian generals killed in copter crash

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:08 AM PDT

Photos: 2 Cambodian generals killed in copter crashSoldiers use a crane to lift aft section of a helicopter retrieved from a pond following its crash in Prey Sar village at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 14, 2014. The chopper went down about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Phnom Penh on Monday, sinking in a muddy pond surrounded by rural land and rice fields. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

89 killed in suicide blast in Afghanistan

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 06:52 AM PDT

Afghan security personnel investigate a damaged vehicle after it was hit by a remote-controlled bomb on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Gul Agha Hashimi, the chief of criminal investigations with the Kabul police, says the explosion struck a minivan carrying seven staffers of the palace's media office on Tuesday morning. The blast killed two passengers and also wounded five people, including the driver. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)The car bombing has injured 40 others.


Israel restarts airstrikes on Gaza

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:20 AM PDT

Israel continues Gaza airstrikes, death toll risesHamas militants violated de-escalation brokered by Egypt that was supposed to lead to cease-fire.


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